As seen at Ag in Motion: Tools are available to monitor and manage moisture and temperature of stored grain, particularly helpful when weather at harvest can throw farmers a curveball.
Tag Archives grain drying
How to manage wet grains for storage
Prairie weather has a way of upsetting farmers’ harvest plans
Airblast grain drying fan flexes practicality, portability
Wavcor’s Airblast fan doesn’t have a traditional, dedicated heat source such as a burner or heating element to dry grain: it uses the heat generated by its 22-horsepower Kohler engine for that task.
Editor’s Rant: Lights out
Thoughts on green policy-making ahead of Justin Trudeau's departure
Up on the shelf where we keep light bulbs of assorted sizes and wattages, I just happened across an old compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) — remember, those bulbs that looked like an Arby’s curly fry wrapped in thin white glass? Talk about a relic from a bygone time in western civilization when, it seemed, the […] Read more
GSI introduces mixed-flow grain dryer
Modular design allows for easy capacity increases as needs change
GSI in mid-September announced it’s introducing a new line of mixed-flow grain dryers, to be available for the 2025 growing season. That, according to the company, gives it one of the broadest ranges of dryer types on the market from any one brand. According to GSI’s product manager for grain conditioning products, Alan Lockwood, the […] Read more
How to choose between an in-bin or dedicated grain drying system
It all depends on your objectives, expert says
With short seasons and what seems like increasingly unpredictable weather patterns these days, many growers now routinely using grain drying systems to add a little time to the harvest window. But for those considering an investment in a grain drying system, how do you choose which one is right for your farm? Producers can opt […] Read more
Grain drying firm Shivvers buys Haber, forms STIG
Iowa-based grain drying systems maker Shivvers Manufacturing has bought a fellow Iowa firm, Haber Technologies. That deal, announced at the end of May, creates a new business, Shivvers Technology and Innovation Group (STIG). “This marriage allows the opportunity to build upon the synergies between Shivvers’ established drying solutions and the cutting-edge technology Haber already offers […] Read more
Editor’s Rant: A process story
Editor’s note, Jan. 30, 2024: This item was written and went to press before Bill C-234 came back up for discussion in the House of Commons on Jan. 29, in consideration of the Senate’s amendments. Some decades ago my grandmother and I were having a conversation about what I hoped to do in life. If […] Read more
Senate tables second amendment for Bill C-234
A question of privilege over bullying has been sent to the Senate's ethics committee
An amendment to reduce Bill C-234's sunset clause by five years was tabled in the Senate yesterday evening.
Senate votes to amend Bill C-234
Once the bill has been read a third time, it will be returned to the House of Commons for further debate
An amendment to remove barn and greenhouse heating from a bill that would exempt certain farm fuels from the carbon price was passed today in the Senate by a narrow margin.
Internal dispute over privilege, bullying allegations ties up C-234
New amendment to farm fuel bill now under debate
A proposed amendment, and a dispute over senatorial behaviour, further geared down progress Tuesday of a federal private member’s bill to carve out a carbon tax exemption for grain drying and heating of barns and greenhouses. Bill C-234, which passed the House of Commons in late March, remained on the Senate’s order paper for debate […] Read more
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